A MAN will spend up to five years walking 9,300 miles from China to the UK to live his “childhood dream”.

Michael Lee Johnson, 28, of Widnes, will quit his web designing job in July to set off for Beijing by plane.

He will walk back alone on foot to the UK, following the Great Wall of China and going through parts of the Middle East and Europe.

Mr Johnson said: “This is more of a childhood dream for me. I feel like I need to break myself to make myself. I believe life is about creating yourself, not finding yourself, and that's exactly what I am setting out to do.”

The solo expedition will be tracked via GPS and plotted onto Google Maps so supporters will be able to follow the journey online.

He said: “Every 30 seconds, the journey will update on my website.

“I’ll have full communication every day.”

For the past six months, he has been training intensively and even climbed Ben Nevis and Snowdon.

During the journey he will sleep in hotels, hostels, people’s homes and use his four-season tent in good weather.

He said his only concern is having to walk through parts of war- torn Afghanistan, Pakistan or Iran.